Gate.



v Patented Apr. l6, I90l. H. F. KING.

GATE.

(Application filed Aug. 24, 1900.!

(No Model.)

In: 0mm versus 00. PHDTO-LITNR. WASNiNG UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HILLMON F. KING, OF BELAIR, GEORGIA.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 672,080, dated April16, 1901.

Application filed-August 241 1900. Serial No- Z7,951. (No model.)

or disengage the gate-latch. It is furthermore designed to arrange thedevice so that the gate may be both opened and closed from the same sideof the gate, whereby it is not necessary to pass through the gateway inorder to close the gate from the opposite side thereof.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accom pan ying drawings,and particularlypointed out in the appended claims,'it being understood that changes inthe form,proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a swinging gateprovided with the improved operating means. Fig. 2is a detail elevationthereof in the open portion of the gate. Fig. 3 is a detail top planview of the operating device.

Corresponding parts are designated by like characters of reference inall of the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 and 2 designate, respectively,the hinge and latch posts of the gate 3. The hinge-post is provided withthe upper and lower eyes 4 and 5, respectively, of which the lower eyeprojects outwardly beyond the upper eye, and pivoted within these eyesis a pintle-rod 6, which is provided with the upper and lowercrank-bends 7 and 8, respectively. The adjacent end of the gate isprovided with the upper and lower strap-hinge members 9 and lO, whichembrace the pintlerod below and above the respective crank-bends, so asto hingedly connect the gate to the post. The lower extremity of thepintle-rod is formed into a pintle 11, which turns within the lower eye5,

and the upper end of the rod is formed into a pintle 16, which turnswithin the upper eye and has its upper extremity formed into a crank-arm13, which is located above the upper eye. The free end of the gate islocked to the latch-post by means of any common gravity-latch 14,pivoted to the gate and arranged to engage with a keeper 15, carried bythe latch-post.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the pintle-rodis designed to be turned in the bearings alforded by the eyes 4 and 5 bymanipulation of the crank-arm 13 at the top of the rod, and by reason ofthe opposite relation of the crank-bends the top and bottom edges of thegate will be forced in opposite directions, resulting in a lifting ofthe free end of the gate to disengage the latch from the keeper. Alsothe pintle-rod will take an inclined position, as shown in Fig. 2,

' whereby the gate will swing open by theinfluence of gravity. The gateis closed by a reverse turning of the pintle-rod.

Te facilitate the opening and closing of the gate, there are providedthe opposite pairs of operating devices, comprising the cables 16 and 17upon one side of the gate and the cables 18 and 19 upon the oppositeside of the gate. At opposite sides of the hinge gatepost are therespective posts 20 and 21, which are provided with guides for thecables, such as the openings 22 and 23, so that when the free ends ofthe cables are pulled they will draw in the proper direction upon thecrankarm 13, to which the opposite ends of said cables are connected.Carried by the upper end of the hinge-post is a bracket 24, having thedivergent arms 25 and 26, which are located at opposite sides of thegate and carry at their outer ends the respective grooved pulleys 27 and28. The outer extremity of each bracket-arm is bent rearwardly acrossthe upper face of the adjacent pulley, so as to form an upper bearingtherefor, and the extremity of this rebent portion is extended beyondthe inner edge of the pulley, so as to form a guide-lip 29. Theseguide-lips are designed to overhang the respective cables 17 and 19which are connected directly to the crank-arm 13 and travel over theinner edges of the respective pulleys. The cable 16 passes around thepulley 28 on the opposite side of the gate and is then connected to thecrankarm, while the cable 18 passes around the pulley 27 and is thenconnected to the crankarm. By this arrangement each side of the gate isprovided with a pair of operating-cables, one member of which isconnected directly to the crank-arm, while the opposite member isconnected so as to draw from the opposite side of the crank-arm, wherebythe gate may be thrown in opposite directions from the same side of thegate and does not require that the operator pass through the gateway toclose the gate from the opposite side thereof. It will be observed thatthe gate always opens in the same direction, and this direction may bechanged by changing the crank-arm from one side of the gate to theother.

Vhat is claimed is- 1. The combination with a swinging gate, having anoperating crank-arm, of a bracket supported independently of the gateand at one side thereof, a horizontally-disposed pulley mounted upon thebracket, a guide-lip overhanging and projecting at the inner edge of thepulley, and a pair of operating-cables, one of the latter beingconnected directly to the crank-arm and passed across the rear or inneredge of the pulley and beneath the guidelip, and the other cable beingpassed around the pulley and then connected to the crankarm.

2. The combination with a swinging gate,

having an operating crank-arm, of a bracket posite pulley and thenconnected to the crankarm.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HILLMON F. KING.

Witnesses:

J. B. KEENER, SAM F. GARLINGTON.

